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A Real Vermeer (2016)

A Real Vermeer (2016)

Drama Romance History
Release Date: 2016, November 3
Directors: Rudolf van den Berg
Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Production: Rinkel Film, Fu Works, Cadenza Films, Living Stone, Tarantula
Cast: Raymond Thiry, Porgy Franssen, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Roeland Fernhout, Viviane de Muynck, Lize Feryn, Dewi Reijs, Mingus Dagelet, Claude Humbert

Overview:

Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, he produces a fake Vermeer and tries to pass it off as a real one. It works. Instead of revealing the truth and thereby embarrassing the art world, he continues to make money off of his many forgeries. Soon he is caught in a web of lies and deceit, and his life spins out of control. Then one day, high ranking Nazi Hermann Göring knocks on his door, looking for a Vermeer for his private collection...

Keywords:

painter as artist